Manuscripts

Market Street Railway Company receipt for J.R. Sloan

Description: Two copies. Signed by E. Burbrow, J.R. Sloan and Henry E. Huntington. Subjects: stock certificate.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1901 December 28
Call number: mssHEH
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwin L. Lewis, November 1939.; Gift of Louise Ward Watkins, July 1946.; Gift of Collis Holladay, April 1967.; Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, 1977-1981.; Gift of Clifford Henry, May 1978.; Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.

Market Street Railway Company letters to E.P. Vining

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Also: note from Vining to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 May 10; cost of remodeling P. & O. coaches and trailers.

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Market Street Railway Company annual reports

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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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Market Street Railway Company profile of Castro and Devisadero streets

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Los Angeles Pacific Company letter to Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway Company

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Note: With corrections and signed by Henry E. Huntington, R. O. Gillis, and William F. Herrin. Also: two copies of document.

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Market Street Railway Company agreement with Sutro Railroad Company

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Market Street Railway Company route coordination of San Francisco street railway lines

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Market Street Railway Company receipt for J.R. Sloan

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